Metabolic Degradation of 1,4-dichloronaphthalene by Pseudomonas sp. HY

Jian Yu, Xiaoli Wu, Youqun Song, Wenhui Ren and Hao L. Tang
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Jian Yu: Department of Water Engineering and Science, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Xiaoli Wu: Guangzhou Water Supply Co., Guangzhou 510600, China
Youqun Song: State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Wenhui Ren: Department of Water Engineering and Science, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
Hao L. Tang: Department of Water Engineering and Science, College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China

IJERPH, 2015, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: There is increasing concern regarding the adverse health effects of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs). The metabolic degradation of 1,4-dichloronaphthalene (1,4-DCN) as a model PCN, was studied using a strain of Pseudomonas sp. HY. The metabolites were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). A series of metabolites including dihydroxy-dichloro-naphthalene, epoxy-dichlorinated naphthalene, dichlorinated naphthol, and dichlorinated salicylic acid were identified. The time-concentration plots of the degradation curves of 1,4-DCN was also obtained from the experiments, which set the initial concentration of 1,4-DCN to 10 mg/L and 20 mg/L, respectively. The results showed that 98% removal could be achieved within 48 h at an initial 1,4-DCN concentration of 10 mg/L. Nevertheless, it took 144 h to reach the same degradation efficiency at an initial concentration of 20 mg/L. The degradation of 1,4-DCN may not remove the chloride ions during the processes and the metabolites may not benefit the bacterial growth. The research suggests a metabolic pathway of 1,4-DCN, which is critical for the treatment of this compound through biological processes.

Keywords: 1,4-dichloronaphthalene; metabolism; metabolite (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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